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LC LJ Headlamp & tail lamp rims

Started by _les_ , Jun 30 2008 04:44 PM

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#101 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 14 July 2014 - 07:20 PM

I'll be the guinea pig again. Let me know when there available Les.

Cheers.

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#102 _sunburst73-xu1_

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Posted 14 July 2014 - 07:24 PM

I'll be the guinea pig again. Let me know when there available Les.

Cheers.

That's great to hear Bomber, spose someone has to do it.

Let us know how they are.

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#103 madtoranajzedded

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Posted 14 July 2014 - 09:22 PM

dont do it bomber lol im actually amazed that something that takes 5-6yrs to produce and its only

70 bucks .was expecting way more than that for the time effort and money put in to spit these out of

the machine.soo cheap for very little reward me thinks.hey, if they pass your standards dj i'll

buy these in a flash

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#104 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 14 July 2014 - 09:38 PM

The total price for both is less than half of what i payed for the absolute piles of garbage i got from the other wanker.

If there a useable product then it will just go to show who we should support.

Cheers.

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#105 _les_

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Posted 15 July 2014 - 02:49 PM

The total price for both is less than half of what i payed for the absolute piles of garbage i got from the other wanker.

If there a useable product then it will just go to show who we should support.

Cheers.

Bomber
Did you ever fit those vent window seals?
Les

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#106 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 15 July 2014 - 04:57 PM

Yes mate, and im actually compiling the review now, clean forgot about it....

Its favorable.

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#107 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 24 July 2014 - 08:16 PM

Should probably let this cat out of the bag, I have a pair, and have had for a few days now. Review is up and coming, but all i can say is at this point dont even consider the other set. These ones are really good.

Cheers.

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#108 S pack

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Posted 24 July 2014 - 08:23 PM

Should probably let this cat out of the bag, I have a pair, and have had for a few days now. Review is up and coming, but all i can say is at this point dont even consider the other set. These ones are really good.

Cheers.

Thanks for reminding me DJ. Tony said he was expecting the LJ headlight bezels in on Monday. Will try to get into Rares tomorrow and check them out.

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#109 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 24 July 2014 - 08:32 PM

THeres a few things im not 100% happy with, but im looking at them from my perspective.

Incredibly minor tooling marks in the aluminium under the anodising, and the mask for the blackouts isnt quiet right....These things are most likely as per factory, as i highly doubt they were totally perfect from factory.

THe tooling is perfect though, so these are THE base even if you choose to strip and polish as i will probably end up doing.

For the price, im really pleased with the product. Could they do better if they were twice the price (so the same price as the oppositions rubbish)? Possibly, but then they may not suit concourse.

Need to line up a couple of mates with LJ's to test fit them in a few different cars before i finish my proper review, so guestimate a week away.

Cheers.

Edited by Bomber Watson, 24 July 2014 - 08:34 PM.

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#110 ant285

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Posted 02 August 2014 - 09:43 AM

Got my headlight surrounds during the week. Only thing i dont like is there is a black paint fingerprint on the front of the left rim.
Hopefully i can just rub a tiny bit of polish on this to get it off.

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#111 S pack

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Posted 02 August 2014 - 11:55 AM

Some acrylic lacquer thinners should remove it if polish won't.

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#112 WhaleOilBeefHooked

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Posted 02 August 2014 - 04:32 PM

If you don't have any thinners then "borrow" The Mrs nail polish remover as a tiny bit of acetone will remove that cleanly......

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#113 _1973bathxu1_

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Posted 06 August 2014 - 05:29 PM

bomber hi the rare spares lj head light surrounds

im also checking out the lj head light surrounds that have just arrived and my testing is done on a unmolested lj,xu1 the passenger side

fits perfectually 98%, as it lines up nicely, i will be testing the drivers side over the weekend the color black im happy with which is almost the same as an original, as for the tooling i found that its very good the only thing i found was the top circle in black isnt quite the same as a genuine one but very close indeed and hard to pick once it was on the torana

but apart from that i believe that they are a very good copy the only thing i found was aluminium being a slightly different color to a genuine one

but on the overall i believe that the quality of these surrounds are very good to exellent in detail

would i buy a pair for my cars

the answer is yes i wouldnt hessitate

and for the money i belive that they are great value

my 2 bobs worth

regards aldo

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#114 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 06 August 2014 - 06:12 PM

Good to hear yourse are the go, im in contact with rares about a few problems with the pair i got...

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#115 _1973bathxu1_

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Posted 07 August 2014 - 05:31 PM

rare spares head light surrounds for the LJ torana

hi i had time today to fit the drivers side surround as im doing my own testing on the quality on the LJ headlight surrounds

well i couldent be happier as it fits perfect, i had no trouble in fitting it

and there were no gaps between the surround and the body,

for all the forum guys that are waiting for a rating on them,

well im very pleased with the quality

1 the black outs, very good almost spot on couldnt tell the difference with a genuine one

2 the surrounds themselves in making, exellent for repos

3 fitment onto car exellent they fitted perfectually

i would have no trouble in giving them a 9/10

as i said earlier the aluminium slightly differs in color probebly due to metals

4 a n exellent repo

my 2 bobs worth

regards aldo

ill see what the other forum members think

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#116 _sunburst73-xu1_

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Posted 07 August 2014 - 06:56 PM

Haven't seen them in the flesh yet but this is encouraging news, I'll be calling in my local tomorrow to see if they have them yet.

cheers Dane

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#117 _Skapinad_

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Posted 07 August 2014 - 07:00 PM

bomber hi           the rare spares lj head light surrounds

im also checking out the lj head light surrounds that have just arrived and my testing is done on a unmolested lj,xu1       the passenger side
fits perfectually 98%, as it lines up nicely, i will be testing the drivers side over the weekend      the color black im happy with which is almost the same as an original,      as for the tooling i found that its very good the only thing i found was the top circle in black isnt quite the same as a genuine one but very close indeed and hard to pick once it was on the torana
but apart from that i believe that they are a very good copy the only thing i found was aluminium being a slightly different color to a genuine one
but on the overall i believe that the quality of these surrounds are very good to exellent in detail

would i buy a pair for my cars
the answer is yes i wouldnt hessitate
and for the money i belive that they are great value

my 2 bobs worth
regards aldo

Got any pics of them fitted up Aldo, compared to original ? Pictures confirm a thousand words

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#118 _1973bathxu1_

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Posted 07 August 2014 - 07:52 PM

adam hi
as u all know im not the best at putting up photos
now if someone can help me
im happy to send the photos to a forum member by phone
and they can put them up for all to see

regards aldo 0419509447

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#119 _Edan_

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Posted 29 August 2014 - 04:28 PM

Good afternoon all,

Yesterday we visited Aldo(1973bathxu1) to check the fitment of our Rare Spares' headlight surrounds (HLR1006 and HLR1007) once again on an LJ. We took some pictures, see below. The test LJ although a little worse for wear paint wise looked to be quite original and accident free in the front end. We believe fitment was quite good.

Regards,

Edan

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#120 N/A-PWR

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Posted 29 August 2014 - 04:35 PM

Very well Presented Edan,

Looks good from here too.

Good afternoon all,

We believe fitment was quite good.

Regards,

Edan

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#121 _ABSINTH74HQ_

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Posted 29 August 2014 - 10:21 PM

That's Spot on!!! I'll be straight on to the owner of the LJ I'm doing to get a set so I can fit them up.

Thanks for the huge effort that went into these repo's Guys!

Cheers, Scotty.

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#122 _big jack_

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Posted 29 August 2014 - 10:43 PM

Looks good to me

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#123 sibhs

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Posted 29 August 2014 - 11:43 PM

Hi Edan, are you happy with the masking of the paint on the majority of these? Marty

I compared then to your other headlight bezels eg HQ etc which were much better.

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#124 _Edan_

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Posted 01 September 2014 - 11:31 AM

Martin,

There were some rejected from the first shipment. However what is now available for purchase from the stores and in our warehouse has good paint masking comparable to genuine samples.

Regards

Edan